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  • This summer, parents stitched together child care to give their kids a 'space for Black joy'

    August 29, 2025 |

    The 19th |

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    Response Location: United States, Atlanta, Georgia

    Black-led summer camps and community programs are addressing the dual challenge of rising child care costs and lack of culturally affirming options for Black families. Programs like Camp HBCYouth and Camp Legacy offer affordable, comprehensive outdoor summer camp experiences, complete with meals and extended care if needed. The programs also act as community builders, helping youth form friendships and strengthen their connections to the outdoors.

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  • After Hurricane Katrina, moms built new lives by building homes

    August 28, 2025 |

    The 19th |

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    Response Location: United States, Biloxi, Mississippi

    Moore Community House’s training program helps women get experience in tradeswork but also offers wraparound support, including childcare and a weekly stipend. However, recent federal funding cuts have significantly reduced the number of students the program is able to service.

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  • Williamsburg launches street team pilot to combat homelessness

    August 27, 2025 |

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    Response Location: United States, Williamsburg, Virginia

    The Houseless Outreach Partnership Engagement, a pilot program, goes straight to encampments and other places people without housing tend to be found to assess their needs and try to connect them with resources. So far, 10 people have gotten into housing as a result of the program, while about 50 have interacted with its staff.

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  • The invisible ‘giant nets' that catch the smallest songbirds

    August 27, 2025 |

    High Country News |

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    Response Location: Canada

    The Motus network—a collaborative system of 2,200 radio towers across 34 countries that track tiny migratory animals using lightweight tags—has successfully mapped previously unknown migration routes for over 55,000 animals across 450+ species, revolutionizing conservation research for small songbirds and other creatures too tiny for traditional GPS tracking.

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  • University Brains To Solve City Problems

    August 26, 2025 |

    The Philadelphia Citizen |

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    Response Location: United States, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

    To improve traffic flow, the city of Pittsburgh partnered with researchers from Carnegie Mellon University who helped develop an AI-powered traffic signal system that helped significantly reduce emissions and idling time at stop lights. The collaboration grew into a long-term initiative called Metro21 Smart Cities Institute that brings academics and public officials together to work on municipal issues.

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  • Fungi and spruce may help solve Alaska's plastic pollution problem

    August 22, 2025 |

    Alaska Beacon |

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    Response Location: United States, Anchorage, Alaska

    University of Alaska researchers have developed biodegradable insulation boxes and building materials made from local beetle-killed spruce trees and fungal fibers that successfully shipped seafood across the country while offering a sustainable alternative to plastic foam that could reduce Alaska's 1+ million annual styrofoam boxes, create local jobs, and address rural housing quality issues.

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  • 食用コオロギの可能性を広げ、世界の食糧・環境危機を打開へ

    August 22, 2025 |

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    Response Location: Japan, Tokyo

    「食糧危機への対応として、食用コオロギの販売事業を展開するエコロギー社の事例。温暖な気候のカンボジアを生産拠点とし、契約農家の収入を増やしながら、日本向けには練り餌である「レオバイド」の原料として食用コオロギを活用している。」

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  • 'Survivors deserve better': State support needed to expand Maine's rape kit tracking pilot

    August 22, 2025 |

    WGME-TV |

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    Response Location: United States, Maine

    Maine's rape kit tracking pilot program, designed to give sexual assault survivors more control in their investigations, works like package tracking. Victims receive a postcard with a kit number after evidence collection and can check the status of their kit online.

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  • One Tree at a Time

    August 22, 2025 |

    Transitions Online |

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    Response Location: Republic of Moldova

    Moldova's National Reforestation Project, launched in 2023 with a €739 million budget, has planted over 10,000 hectares of new forest (36+ million trees) with a 67% survival rate, demonstrating early success in restoring degraded land and supporting rural communities, though it's currently achieving only half of its annual planting targets due to personnel shortages, supply chain issues, and weather challenges.

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  • Fifty Years After Mount Laurel, Affordable Housing Is Gaining Ground in New Jersey

    August 21, 2025 |

    Next City |

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    Response Location: United States, New Jersey

    In 2024, New Jersey passed a new law that formalized longstanding requirements that municipalities periodically submit affordable housing plans to the state. The law also created a new mediation program for municipalities that want to dispute the state’s calculation of its affordable housing requirements, and the new system has helped cut down on lawsuits that slow down the process of getting new housing approved.

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